Atheism: Sorry, you're too simple

I am in the middle of reading C.S. Lewis' book "Mere Christianity". I plan to sum up my thoughts an post a review on virtual bookshelf. Two very interesting points have arisen so far.

The author mentions that atheism assumes that life had no designer, no single being or mind behind everything we see. Usually, atheists subscribe to creation theory along the lines of the big bang and evolution. First of all, these are not "new" ideas at all. This type of idea has been around since time began. There is simply "new" yet often faulty evidence being cited for these Godless ideas. Atheism then assumes that complex things can be made from chance events occurring over long periods of time. They have to repeat over and over ad infinitum that the earth has been around a very very long time or the theory can be stopped at the start. Yet, carbon dating extrapolation is no more scientific than palm readings.

I like Clive Staples' offensive stance on this. As a former atheist, he can speak from a position of knowing some of the rationale. He sums his viewpoint up by saying that atheism, is just too simple of an explanation. Isn't life more complicated even though we often desire some polly-anna oversimplification to explain how life came to be? I agree.

Another important point he makes is that many people hold to previous paths of thinking and tradition to keep up appearances, to keep a job or career on track, or even keep a worldview like atheism or secular humanism. Yet, if one is heading in the wrong direction, it's the person who reverses direction first that is really ahead. Again, yes, I have often been on a path that was the wrong direction. It's better to turn now than continue the path to "keep up appearances." Turn now, before it is too late.

Update on Pastor Hagee's Health | John Hagee Ministries

Good news from San Antonio! John Hagee will be back in the pulpit this week!

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Economy Economy Economy

For the past year or so, it's been nothing but news about the struggling economy, the "sputtering" economy, the "weak" economy. Yes, I, along with many, have tired of this same old story. Change is hard.

One thing that I have not heard much in the news is that how years of outsourcing jobs, indeed, entire industries, has been tearing away at the foundation of the American economic machine.

Combine that with environmentally sound green initiatives, which lead to less consumption and often consumption of different types of products, and this can reduce overall demand for all types of products and services.

Further to that, I think family and faith have become increasingly important to people which leads to workers requesting more time-off, part-time schedules, or work sabbaticals and mini-retirements. In order to successfully run a household with less income, less consumption is a key. Lowering household expenses is a natural result.

Therefore, the economic downturn may be just what this country needs. Perhaps we can re-invent ourselves into a culture that values our neighbor's craftsmanship, earth-friendly ways of living, and better work-life balance.

Election day questions

Does it really matter who is the president? Exercising the right to vote is important. But, are they cases in which both candidates would do a fine job? Certainly this is the case in nearly every other "job" in the country. Why do we continually divide ourselves into two camps over and over, expecting always for our side to win. As a guy and a longtime sports fan and war and wargame student, ONE side WILL LOSE. Let's all keep this in mind as we talk about the election and campaign. On Wednesday morning, we don't want to eat a lot of crow.

Seriously, I find both candidates have pluses and minuses and I think the large number of undecided voters is a testament to this. Yes, their parties have different positions on some of the controversial issues. Yet, they both favor democracy, the constitution, and a government ruled by law. I plan to try to be happy with whichever. I have voted and had my candidate win and my candidate has lost, too. Life went on. Honestly, I don't think it makes that much of a difference.

So, with that, I hope you have a great election day and are encouraged by those folks who willingly serve our country in the public government. Let's all get behind them once they win.

Foolish things: confounding the wise since t = 0

It is written in scripture:

"But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;"

In that spirit, I plan to share my often foolish thoughts and human viewpoint on things considered wise. If a fool and his money are soon parted, I guess I should already be broke.

I have very little experience blogging unless you count this. While that blog was fairly limited to some business trends that I dabbled with, this blog will be wide flippin' open. Yes, they say not to do that. They say to have focus. And I am here to prove them right. Hopefully, this blog will be like the accident that you just can't bear to NOT watch.